Embarrassed to be a Casual Gamer? - rudyjuly2's Blog

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Embarrassed to be a Casual Gamer?

Posted on January 12, 2009 at 10:58 AM.

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I bought NBA Live �09 after Christmas with some gift cards at Best Buy. I�m having a lot of fun and have posted a little bit in the NBA Live forums. I largely lurk and just read threads. There is a significant part of me that feels out of my element because it�s been so long since I really watched the NBA or bought an NBA basketball game (seven years ago). I�m a casual gamer with regards to NBA Live and I wondered if I even belonged in the forum.

My knowledge of the NBA along with my stick skills in Live are both weak at the moment. I doubt they are going to improve much over the next two months as Live 09 might take a backseat when the Show arrives. When I read a thread asking people what difficulty level they played on I simply didn�t answer. How embarrassed should I be to say �Starter�? Gasp! The default difficulty level? Everyone else is playing on Superstar or at least All-Star.

Most of my posting on OS over the years has been regarding football and particularly NCAA football. There are plenty of people better than me but I feel I have some pretty good knowledge of the game and how it works. I can only hope I didn�t respond with some negative comments to people who are casual gamers just popping in for a short time. I often get annoyed when I see people asking a question that�s already been answered a million times. I know what it feels like to be on other side of that fence, afraid to ask a dumb question.

Nobody is an expert in every sport or every video game. Hopefully people can remain cordial to those rookies popping in to get a smart or dumb question answered once in awhile. If I like shooting percentages to be a little higher and the game a little more arcade in a sport I�m unfamiliar with, don�t shoot me.

Comments

# 1 matt8204 @ Jan 12

People take this stuff way too seriously. At the end of the day, they're still just video games and are something that should be enjoyed. Who cares if you're new at the game? They should be willing to help you and be happy that someone else has found enjoyment in something that they also like. Nothing worse than gaming snobs. Ugh.